Edgewater Reading Series (2019)
Bestiario/Bestiary (Spanish and English)
Photo by RODNAE Productions on Pexels.com Frecuencias de sonido rugen a través de la luz Las criaturas deambulan por los terrenos de mi subconsciente Con mi pluma soy el recipiente en la que mi incendio forestal comenzaráun nuevo mundo dentro de un cementerio de árboles atado por cuero Imágenes de estas bestias afirmar el dominio … Continue reading Bestiario/Bestiary (Spanish and English)
Touching the Sky (Poem)
Sunrises on Saturday morningsbefore networks had 24-hour programmingare vast memories.Sense of light and colour from the test pattern.Darkness eradicated at the age of four. Infomercials with Richard Simmonsoutlined weight loss fallacies.Crash diets.Laxatives.Vomiting.Starved for a sense of belonging.Excretion of identity.Purging taboos of the psychic and psychotic. And then the colours of Deal-A-Meal cardseasedthatneedtonourish my spirit,quenching my … Continue reading Touching the Sky (Poem)
Jolting (concrete poem)
Published in Heat the Grease, We’re Frying Up Some Poetry by Gnashing Teeth Publishing -Jack M. Freedman (Jacob Moses)
Genesis of Jacob (poem)
Photo by Toa Heftiba u015einca on Pexels.com On the pink moon, I left behind a dozen years of instabilityA tribe was born for every year I tossed insanity into the forgeEach tribe presented a gift rising from these sacrificesMy darkness illuminated by the rising sun of ReubenMy walls excavated through subterfuge of SimeonMy heart protected … Continue reading Genesis of Jacob (poem)
Calculations (Winner of the 2004 NYC College of Technology Literary Arts Festival Prize in Poetry)
Photo by Deepak Gautam on Pexels.com Allow me to add my two cents to the situation.In return, I would like you to subtract the rhetoric that exits your lipsAnd assist me in keeping divisions from multiplying.Before I go off on a tangent,Let me tell you about the problem I have evaluated.You see, it seems as … Continue reading Calculations (Winner of the 2004 NYC College of Technology Literary Arts Festival Prize in Poetry)
Under One Thick Skin (poem)
Photo by julie aagaard on Pexels.com Branches bear blood connected to the navel of nature From Valencia to Jaffa seeds of labor and peace scatter through the grass Pry open the fruit and you will see no section is superior Every section is equal If only the world was an orange with all divisions united … Continue reading Under One Thick Skin (poem)
Existential Nature (poem)
You existas the catfish withinthese growing ripples under the bridge You existas the cold, fertile groundwhere seeds germinate into laughter You existas tall poison ivyprotecting our treasures in the trees You existas bird calls in the windbillowing and echoing our hymns You existas deer eating clovernear baseball fields and forest clearings You existas summer dragonfliesseeking … Continue reading Existential Nature (poem)
Palace Amusements (poem)
Photo by sergio souza on Pexels.com Asbury Park greets me within your thin lipped toothy smile At the end of every labyrinth, you straddle the seashore’s yen. You are a fun house mirror distorting my figure yet always finding abundant embodiment within my gut My navel yearns for that connection to amusement within these vibrant … Continue reading Palace Amusements (poem)
Jacob R. Moses 